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Unread 05-02-2010, 13:28
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Re: new festo valves

I wasn't trying to make any claims as regards Cv when I posted that link.
It was just the first one I could quickly find that included a photo of the valve, so we could see it had the same outward appearance as last year's model.

I don't believe the manufacturer was making any claims for other makers or even other models. They do list it as approximate Cv for this particular model. The orifice isn't the same as the port size if that's what you were thinking. A 1/8" orifice is what we got in past KOPs with an approximate Cv of .30 We can find the exact Cv (0.297) if we drill down into the product catalog.

In any case, FIRST 2010 Q&A has ruled the past Festo valve as legal for this year's competition.
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